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TIL there is an organization called Engineers Without Borders that works to improve infrastructure and engineering practices in developing countries.

Read more ewb-international.org

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YOnr TIL C++ was originally called “C with Classes” when it was created in 1979. It was renamed as a pun involving the increment operator in 1983.
EGp7 TIL Japan successfully landed an unmanned spacecraft on an asteroid, collected samples in 2005. The probe returned to earth in 2010.
edKL TIL The space shuttle Challenger explosion did not immediately kill the crew. The undamaged crew compartment broke free and continued to gain altitude to a peak of 65,000 feet before beginning a 2 minute 45 second free-fall into the Atlantic ocean.
Z8RJB TIL that besides the common fact that lobsters pee from their head, female lobsters will pee at the den of a potential mate to beguile them into letting her move in. Once she trusts the male lobster, she will shed her shell and her pouch containing sperm from a previos mate.
Vvlk TIL that refrigerator doors became magnetic in 1956 because kids playing would climb into an abandoned fridge, pull the door shut and realize too late they were trapped. The door seal prevented air from getting in and the kids’ screams from getting out, and in a short time they’d suffocate.